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Van der Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes some of the efforts colleges have undertaken to ensure that clothing with college logos is not produced in sweatshops. Outlines work by the Fair Labor Association and the Workers Rights Consortium, organizations to which many colleges belong, to set up programs to monitor factories in the United States and other countries. (SLD)
Descriptors: Clothing, Developing Nations, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Van der Werf, Martin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Discusses the rapid growth of the Workers Rights Consortium, a student-originated group with 44 member institutions which opposes sweatshop labor conditions especially in the apparel industry. Notes disagreements about the number of administrators on the board of directors and about the role of industry representives. Compares this group with the…
Descriptors: Activism, Higher Education, Labor Conditions, Labor Problems